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Sep 23, 2024, 2:46 PM

40 hours in Otef Aza: Shabbat on the edge

The first clue that I’m getting closer, is a small gas station just north of Ashkelon. “Can I help you?” asks me, politely and with a smile, a young lady who runs the place alone and looks like she...

Sep 20, 2024, 6:16 PM

The mitzvah of being joyous in the Land…

"And when you come to the Land that Hashem your Gd is giving you as an inheritance, and you possess it and settle in it.... you will be joyous in all the goodness that Hashem your Gd gives you”...

Aug 22, 2024, 9:28 AM

“My power and my hand’s might won this for me”…

According to Wikipedia, the expression "my own power and the might of my own hand" appearing in our weekly Torah portion (Deuteronomy 8:17), usually refers to “a person or group who attribute the results of their success to their...

Aug 19, 2024, 2:10 PM

Tu Be’Av: Not a Jewish Valentine’s Day

It says in the Talmud: The mishna taught that Rabban Shimon ben Gamliel said: There were no days as happy for the Jewish people as the fifteenth of Av and as Yom Kippur. The Gemara asks: Granted, Yom Kippur is...

Aug 12, 2024, 5:47 PM

Tish’a Be’av & Tu Bishvat (5 shorts)

The worst thing about Tish’a Be’av, aside from being the longest, hottest fast of the year, is that it falls in the middle of the summer, when there is no school. At some point, there was an idea to combine...

Jun 3, 2024, 11:54 AM

Thoughts for Yom Yerushalayim

Yom Yerushalayim, coming up on Wednesday this week, “coincidentally” falls on the 28th of the Hebrew month of Iyar. We could say that this is due to historical reasons: During the Six Day War this was the day that...

Mar 21, 2024, 10:03 AM

Purim: Moses & Esther making mishloach manot…

Once upon a time, when my children were younger and we lived where there were no hamantashen for Purim, already a week or two before the holiday, the whole house started to smell like a bakery and it seemed...

Mar 13, 2024, 5:32 PM

Mishe…. Last week, for international women’s day and the upcoming month of Adar, my school decided to hold a “fun evening” for the women on staff: “come in a good mood”! said the colorful, trying to be cheery, invitation,...

Jan 24, 2024, 8:08 PM

Going through the Land of the Philistines?

The story of the "Exodus from Egypt", the wonderful story of a group of slaves who nevertheless and despite everything, came out of bondage to freedom; the story that ignited their imagination and inspired many throughout the generations and...

Jan 9, 2024, 2:47 PM

Because Redemption Takes Time… (parashat Va’era)

The Torah portion of "Va’era" with the beginning of the ten plagues, raises an interesting question: how much time passed from the moment Moses accepted his mission at the Burning Bush which we saw last week, until the Exodus...

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Currently a "toshevet chozeret" in Israel, Rabbanit Michal Kohane, trained chaplain and educator, is a graduate of Yeshivat Maharat and teacher of Torah and Talmud in Israel and abroad, and soon, official tour guide in the Land of Israel. She holds several degrees in Jewish / Israel studies as well as a PsyD in organizational psychology, and has been a leader and educator for decades. Michal’s first novel, Hachug ("Extracurricular") was published in Israel by Steimatzky, and her weekly, mostly Torah, blog can be found at www.miko284.com.

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